punch card
A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that…A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.
» Tom punched his time card.
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3 sensesA card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.
Lochkarte
перфока́ртаperfokárta
a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes
A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.
(historical)Such a card, the size of a US dollar bill and having 80 columns of 12 rows, used in early mainframe computers.
A card given to a customer and punched with a hole at each purchase, allowing a reward to be claimed when fully punched.
Examples
8 sentencesTom punched his time card.
Early computer programs were written on punch cards.
ruПервые компьютерные программы записывались на перфокарты. — marafon
deDie ersten Computerprogramme wurden auf Lochkarten geschrieben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
These computers use punch cards.
ruЭти компьютеры перфокарточные. — astyng
deDiese Rechner werden mit Lochkarten bedient. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Early computers used punch cards.
Mary punched her time card.
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Forms
plural: punch cardsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a card on which data can be recorded in the form of punched holes:punched cardHollerith card
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